It was an old state school. One of the first in the South. In the old buildings many of the classrooms were like amphitheaters. The room slanted up from the instructors podium. The bleachers were like solid stairs.and extended around the room. They had to be over a hundred years old. In a way it was built like a modern movie theater with the bleacher type rising seats but of course those are cushioned chairs.

Seems Samsung is releasing a Note with an 8" screen. Could be the ideal solution for students. Large enough screen for textbooks with the added feature of note taking and the capability to organize them.

Not to mention the split screen feature, so you can watch videos or tweet at the same time. Gotta be productive, right?

Samsung's latest trend seems to price their flagship products *really* high (as in more than expected) I do like their stuff but given their track record of dodgy eMMCs (I speak from personal experience there) I really wouldn't buy anything for a good few months after release. My S2 came with what came to be known on XDA-devs as the "Brickbug" eMMC and my S3 the "Sudden Death" eMMC (the former also present in the Note and a few other models; the later also in Note 2). In all cases they fixed the issues in later production runs but frankly it's rather disappointing when a high number of phone (including yours!) just die after a few months. Yes it's a warranty job but that's no excuse really.

Suppose I'm in an envious position then, because Samsung products don't reach Sweden until they've been out a few months. On that note (excuse the lame pun) when will the 8.0 be released? Can you already preorder it?

I *think* that in the UK it's due out at some point in April, priced at around £350. I have no idea about pre-orders though, sorry.

Edit: had a look round the usual places, only came up with preorders currently available from Handtec at £379.99 and Expansys at £349.99
In both cases, that's for the 16GB WiFi only version in white, which seems to be the only moddel available for now

Edit 2: and Pixmania at £340 (not one of the places I normally look at...)

Does anyone have a screen with a 16:10 aspect ratio (1280x800 WXGA) like the Note 8? How is it to read on compared to iPads 4:3 ratio? I still think 4:3 is the ideal form factor for reading, widescreens are for media consumption. But then again I guess people who mainly use there devices for reading are dwindling.